[OS X TeX] LaTeX "forgetting" texmf

[Simon Spiegel]

On 10.01.2006, at 14:16, Peter Dyballa wrote:


>
> Am 10.01.2006 um 01:51 schrieb Ross Moore:
>
>
>> If your  texnf.cnf  file is setup in a strictly CDS-compliant way,
>> then the answer to this question would be 'yes' --- provided also
>> that you have done  'sudo texhash' since adding the new package.
>>
>> BTW, it doesn't have to be 'ucs' --- any sub-directory will do;
>> such as 'misc' or 'mystyles' or 'others', etc.
>>
>
> I did a "kpsewhich --expand-var '${TEXINPUTS.pdfelatex}'" and got  
> (a bit edited):
>
> 	.:
> 	{
> 		/Users/pete/Library/texmf,
> 		!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local,
> 		!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex,
> 		!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.tetex,
> 		!!/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf
> 	}/{pdfetex,pdftex,etex,tex}/{latex,generic,}//
>
> meaning pdfelatex searches locally in the current working directory  
> `.´ and then other searches start at these points, *including*  
> their file contents:
>
> 	~/Library/texmf/pdfetex/latex
> 	~/Library/texmf/pdfetex/generic
> 	~/Library/texmf/pdftex/latex
> 	~/Library/texmf/pdftex/generic
> 	~/Library/texmf/etex/latex
> 	~/Library/texmf/etex/generic
> 	~/Library/texmf/tex/latex
> 	~/Library/texmf/tex/generic
>
> So the file /Users/simi/Library/texmf/tex/latex/ttfucs.sty or ~/ 
> Library/texmf/tex/latex/ttfucs.sty would have been found -- and  
> kpsewhich found it, didn't it? Otherwise tex would not find  
> utopia.sty. Or pdfsync.sty:
>
> 	/Applications/iTeXMac 1.3.15/iTeXMac Examples/Navigation Source ⇄  
> PDF/to your Library/texmf/tex/latex/pdfsync.sty
> 	/Users/pete/Library/texmf/tex/latex/pdfsync.sty
> 	/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/tex/latex/pdfsync.sty
>
> On my system I have two utopia.sty:
>
> 	-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  834 23 Nov  2002 /usr/local/teTeX/ 
> share/texmf.gwtex/tex/latex/utopia.sty
> 	-rw-r--r--   1 root  admin  955 14 Mär  2004 /usr/local/teTeX/ 
> share/texmf.tetex/tex/latex/psnfss/utopia.sty
>
> And guess, which one is found when I use it as in:
>
> 	\usepackage{fourier} %maths
> 	\usepackage{utopia} %texts
>
> Of course the elder version: /usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.gwtex/tex/ 
> latex/utopia.sty
>
> I think there is some bug in tex! It's not likely that parts of the  
> file system are not available  at some time, except access happens  
> via caches and these caches are defective ... is this likely?
>
>
> Simon, can you provide the version and kind of the tex binary? The  
> log file's first two lines contain an information like:
>
> 	This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)  
> (format=pdflatex 2005.12.27)  10 JAN 2006 13:55
> 	entering extended mode
>
> And, of course, what is on your computer kpsewhich --expand-var '$ 
> {TEXINPUTS.pdfelatex}'" returning? Please change the 'extension'  
> pdfelatex to the format actually used!
>
>
>
> Am I wrong when I think that pdfe(La)TeX should use pdfelatex  
> format instead of pdflatex?
>

At the moment, I can't do any testing. I had to do a reboot (thanks  
to Suitcase Fusion screwing up my machine) and as always, the problem  
disappeared. But I'll come back when it happens again.

simon

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